The New Tag & Tax System makes it easier to manage your vehicle registration and taxes
One payment -made either in person, online or by mail ... Completes the annual tag and tax payments for your vehicle.
Beginning July 2013. your annual vehicle inspection, registration renewal, and property tax will be due the same month each year:
N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles will handle:
Columbus County Tax Administration will handle:
Please Note:
Registrations with a June 2013 expiration date or earlier will still receive a tax bill from the Columbus County Tax Office and are to be paid to the Columbus County Tax Office.
Columbus County Tax Administration
125 Washington Street
Whiteville, NC 28472
(910)640-6637
About North Carolina's New Tag & Tax System
The North Carolina General Assembly passed a new law to create a combined motor vehicle registration renewal and property tax collection system (Tag & Tax System). In doing so, the new law transfers the responsibility for motor vehicle tax collection from the 100 counties across North Carolina to the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV). North Carolina's new Tag & Tax System has been designed as a convenient way to pay annual vehicle tag renewals and vehicle property taxes. If your address is current with the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles, you will receive a Tag & Tax Notice listing both vehicle registration fees and taxes due. Just as in the past. vehicle owners will receive the notice about 60 days prior to their vehicle's registration expiration.